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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1884

Page

3

Union Pacific Gets a Black Eye in New York Market

The New York market shows Union Pacific sliding to 471 amid broad weakness in shares and speculation about insiders offloading stock. Boston buyers remain long on U P, with shorting available. Key changes include declines in Atchison and Burlington stocks and a sharp turn in New England and related telegraph lines. the market also notes a November land sale comparison and calls for Clark’s management view at the upcoming meeting.

New Petroleum and Stock Exchange Mining and Stock Exchange Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific New York Boston U. P Kansas Union Flint Pere Marquette Common Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Pullman Atlantic and Pacific Kansas City Springfield Memphis Wisconsin Central Summit Albany Providence Worcester Nashua Rochester Maine Rutland New England Edwards Clark Clark Management. the Journal Mexican Central Sonora Ts Oregon Short Line American Bell Telephone Mexican Telephone Erie Lowell Courier American Bell Bell New England Company Bell Company Erie Company Consolidated Pacific Bodie Whitehill Gold and Silver Mining Company Mining Board Arkansas Prospect Mountain Leadville Colorado George Armstrong F. W. Bryant New Bedford Hon Roberts Tarr Cee Edward A. Freeman Er, Jr East Medway C. B. Kene Oston William Armstrong Ae. Whitehill Col E. A. Freeman Inc Elizabethtown Lexington Big Sandy Kentucky Central Baltimore Ohio Mississippi Montreal Finance Department Bath Knox and Lincoln Railroad J.T. Berry Rockland Edmund Wilson Thomaston F. H. Low C. A. Coombs Pennsylvania Railroad Company Pittsburg Wells Station New England Railroad Club Oregon and Transcontinental Company West Shore Yneré Tional Bank South Ado National Rockland Bank Airhland Street Railway Co South Boston H RR R Cambridge Horse R Poston Belting Co Connecticut and Passumpsic RR Philadelphia Wilmington B&a Putman Gas Light Vo Putnam Conn Bay State Live Stck Co Consolidated R K of Vermont New England Mort Sec Co City of Cincinnati St Louis Toledo &S Leavenworth Topeka Southwestern Atchison Santa Fe & K Toledo Delphos Burlington R R Southeastern Division, Inc

Market Notes on Commodities and Dry Goods

A broad read of market items shows steady to unchanged prices across alcohol, ashes, beeswax, broomcorn, cement, candles, coal, coffee, cordage, cotton, drugs and dyes, and dry goods. Cotton futures fluctuate with firm spot prices and large speculation, while foreign and domestic cement, coal and chemical markets exhibit muted activity and modest price shifts.

Cologne Cambridge Boston Philadelphia Rosendale Palatine Cumberland Clearfield Rio Java Maracaibo Laguayra Manila American Russia Litg Tilkee Upland Gulf Gambier England St Domingo Lima Sapan Woou

Prices of Market Beef and Cattle in New England Trade

Market data shows varied prices across regions with beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, hides, and dairy byproducts. Numerous consignments list per head and per weight values, with notes on export trades, Western states stock, and local firming prices amid light Western supply and steady demand.

Maine Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island New York Watertown Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Brighton E A Hollis J G Littlefield Breck & Wood H A Wilcox R Barrett W Melory Dow & Moulton Aldrich & Johnson J B Gordon J O Sanborn Eastman & Beckford C Philbrook H Hancocek A B Edwards M P Whalen Manchester J Coolidge BS Hastings C P Burke W Skinner H N Jenne C H Kidder L W Sniper French W G Townsend J Engrem M G Flanders W Ricker L H Kettles S H Eldred Hall & Seaver Sargent & Turner A Worthen J H Thomas Capt Boynton W A Farnham FS Kimball G B Evans G H Sprigg Piper & Pond Massachusetts G F Burcher J S Henry Scattering J Cawley J Shirley W Fisher B Hurlbert K E Smith W Dempsey Western Monroe Hollis & Co Stetson & Eames Farrell & McFlynn J C Kelly Caunada F Gosselyn W Mercy E Smith 1 B Sargent Hird States Glasgow J A Hathaway A N Monroe Palestine Liverpool Stoeckholm City London Virginian R W Brown Libby & Brown Morse & Flint Jie J. C. Libby A P Libby J H Yogg W H Webster J C. Libby W W Hall Glee A Rv Libby P W Thompson C E Libby J © Libby Morseley F A Coolidge J C Littlefield New Hampshire J B Sargent M Pike M P Whalton N K Campbell Fairbankset St. Johnsbury St Learnard W Meloy I B Sargent Eldred Chicago Gable Pbs Sige Farrell & Mefigan AN Monroe Hollis J D Hosmer J C Libby F H Coolidge & Son

Markets by Telegraph Dec 10 wide-ranging grain and commodity notes

Inland markets show mixed tone with New York cotton steady and flour in buyers’ favor while Chicago and St Louis portends tighter demand for wheat and pork. Reports include prices for cotton, flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, pork and lard, plus receipts and ship shortages across major hubs.

U.S Great Britain France Continent Philadelphia Charleston Savannah St. Louis Galveston Louisville Norfolk New York Uplands Orleans Minnesota United Tlisc City Extra India Western South America Liverpool Comsmon Chicago ST Louis Albany Brighton Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Detroit Michigan Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Peabody, Selem Bosten

European Markets and Commodities Report From London and Liverpool

London markets show consolidations in bonds with Consols at 99 percent and various rail and canal stocks mixed. Commercial notes report quiet but steady wheat and corn movement, with UK imports of wheat and four and corn rising recently. Liverpool prices list winter wheat, spring wheat, California average, and corn, together with pork, bacon, lard, cheese and tallow values, plus cotton prices and futures directions for December through May.

Liverpool London Glasgow Antwerp Australasia Melbourne Sydney Adelaide Brisbane California Baltimore Boston Portland Fall River Providence Salem New York New Haven New London Portsmouth N. H Philadelphia Minnesota Michigan Ohio Indiana St Louis Illinois Baldwins Hubbardstons Sicily Florida Valencia Warren Eureka Boston Sporting du Pont Sporting Rand & Bdiasina Eagle Manila Montevideo Rio Grande Uruguay Europe Sierra Leone Texas West Calcutta India Guatemala England Inas Commercial Exchange Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane United Kingdom Uplands Orleans Amerean

Imports at Boston and ports list coded cargoes and ships

The report catalogs cargo and consignors across ports including GRAND MANAN and IQUIQUE with schooners Mary Doane Lockout Magellan and others carrying herring, nitrate, wool, goat skins, coffee, coal, and cotton. Entries name captains, firms, and cargo amounts such as 13 350 boxes smoked herring and 9673 bags nitrate of soda.

Grand Manan N B Mary Doane

Foreign Exports From Canadian and Atlantic Ports

A compiled list from several ports shows shipments including glassware lumber stoves castings leather and sacks, vast quantities of apples onions and canned goods, and foodstuffs such as flour, mackerel, beef, herring, and sugar. Vessels include Stockholm City Meteghan Willie A Adelia John Millard and Mary F Kimball.

London Eng Stockholm City Meteghan Willie A Clementsport Adelia ST Pierre Mart Friendship Sing Mary Kimball Bridgewater N S John Millard

Eastern Railroad Stockholders and Directors Meeting Notes

The annual meetings of Eastern railroad stockholders and certificate holders were held in the city with harmonious conduct and vote tallies for directors. Boston and Maine and New York Providence and Boston railways reports show earnings trends, proposed bond issues, and director elections amid broader railroad industry notes from Providence and Lawrence sessions.

Eastern Railroad Meeting Eastern Railroad Company Meionaoin Joshua Crane Arthur Sewall Nathaniel Ropes W. E. L. Dilloway Charles Wheeler Frank Jones Portsmouth N. H Samuel C. Lawrence Medford George 8S. Morrison New York Richard Olney Boston Jacob C. Ers Peabody Bath C. F. R. Reading Jonus II Boston and Maine Boston and Maine Railroad Lawrence President Lord Solomon EB. Lincoln George C. Lord Newton Nathaniel G. White Amos Paul South Newmarket Nathaniel J. Lindlee Jas. R. Nichols Haverhill William S. Stevens Dover Joseph 3 Licker Joe Me Samuel ©. Lawrence Mr. Lincoln Boston and Maine and Eastern Railways N. G. White R. W. Willey Andover Providence New York, Providence and Boston Railway Samuel D. Babcock New York City J. Boorman Johnson D. S. Babcock George M. Miller William P. Dixon Henry Howard Coventry Nathan F. Dixon Westerly R. I Robert Knight N. F. Dixon Rhode Island Massachusetts

Financial Troubles Hit Banks and Businesses Coast to Coast

Wilkinson Bros bankers of Syracuse face large liabilities with $590000 capital and assets. A tide of attachments and failures spreads from Plympton Massachusetts to Providence Rhode Island and beyond. Local creditors weigh losses while firms such as Fidler Bros Fessenden and Leimbach Bros face insolvency. Bohemian Mortgage Company and banks seek movement to avert wider collapse.

Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad Company Providence Jonathan Chace George L. Littlefield H. Conant James P. Ray Darius Goff Joseph G. Ray Edgar K. Ray A. B. Chace Jesse Boynton Wilkinson Bros Syracuse Fair John Flynn Plympton Mass William C. Hawes Revere F. J. Felt Lewiston Frank P. Sposedo Grocer Windham John K. Harris Carpenter R. L Parshley & Walker Rochester N. H Fidler Bros. & Fessenden R. I William A. Brown South Norwalk Conn M. J. Dugan Waterbury M. A. Todd Hartford Thomas Benway Windsor Locks A. P. Stockwell John T. McGinness Buffalo N. Y Whitford Harrington C. M. CG Cook & Son Lansing Mich Theodore Hornbrook Powhatan Point Charles W. Lucius Cincinnati John M. Foster Vienna Bohemian Mortgage Company National Suffolk County George W. Huntoon Hubert S. Fall Kenry F. Leonard John W. Hendrick

Massachusetts Reformatory Proclamation Establishes Concord Site

Gov Robinson proclaims the Massachusetts reformatory established in Concord buildings after Boston prison was established, dedicating all lands and structures owned by the commonwealth in Concord to the reformatory for use by courts and officials. Proclamation by Henry B. Peirce, Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Gov. Robinson Boston Massachusetts Reformatory Commonwealth Concord Henry B. Peirce The

Arkansas Ex-Treasurer Bond Deficit Hit By Bond Erasures

In the state v T J Churchill ex state treasurer Chancellor Carroll ruled both bonds are vitiated due to erasure of Radcliffe from the first term bond and Wanger from the third term bond without other sureties consent. Special master reports Churchill defaulted by 90600 dollars, all but 3000 from first and third terms, leaving only the second term bond sureties liable.

Little Rock Ark T. J. Churchill Carroll T. D. Radcliffe F. J. Wanger Churchill

Diaz administration acts approved by Congress in Mexico

The Diaz administration begins with congressional approval for tax stamp reform and cutting excess government staff. Journalists await remaining payments from post office drafts. General Pacheco, minister under Gonzalez, is offered a senior cabinet post in Diaz’s government.

City OF México Galveston Diaz Congress Pacheco Gonzalez

Freeman Clark nuptials in Boston by Rey WC High

On December 1 at Boston, Joseph M Freeman wed Ellen Clark as announced by Rey WC High. Also on December 2 at Lawrence, William L Reed married Meribel Philprick. Earlier in Lawrence on November 29 Owen Sayler wed Ann D Hooper under Boston auspices.

Freeman—Clark Boston Rey

Obituary notices from Boston area December entries

A sequence of death notices from Dec 6 to Dec 9 lists multiple individuals by surname and location including Bet Boston Edward W Bergen 54 Charlestown District Dec 8 Mary Burke 37 South Boston Dec 6 Cunningham Alice 36 South Boston Dec 6 Seven PAL teas Ellen F Griffin mi LIS Hingham Mary Gray wife of John Ollis Dec 9 Lilly Rowe Ann 30 Boston Dec 7 Limond John 45 Boston Dec 6 Mullen Joanna 2 East Boston Dec 7 Peterson Louisa 81 4 months Boston Dec 9 Rivers Anna 60 Boston Dec 7 Trask Lucy 79 Fayville formerly Charlestown Dec 9 Whalen Maria 62 Roxbury Dec 8 Willis George RK USN boatswain Worcester Dec 7.

Boston Edward W Bergen Rke Charlestown Mary Burke Cunningham South Boston Alice Cunningham Ellen F Griffin Lis Hingham Mary Gray John Ollis Lilly Rowe Ann Lilly Limond John Limond Mullen Joanna Mullen Peterson Louisa Peterson Rivers Anna Rivers Trask Fayville Mass Lucy Trask Whalen Roxbury Maria Thomas Whalen Willis Worcester George RK Willis Usn

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